Project & Program (PPM) Consultant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Senior project and program professional with minimum of 10 years of work experience in the construction and or project and program management industry. With at least 7 years in managing and leading a team in delivering large and complex multi-disciplinary projects and or programs.

Role accountabilities:

• Work within established standard operating procedures and systems with clear project objectives to produce delivery outputs, schedules and track budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets
• Deliver/assist to manage small to medium scale projects or programs ensuring appropriate use of resources to deliver the required scope of work within set deadlines
• Present any project risks or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure that the delivery of projects is compliant to standards
• Analyse and review a range of data to identify key themes and trends and use the outputs to produce recommendations that support project decision-making.
• Use knowledge and experience to review project processes and policies, providing advice to support management in developing and improving processes and systems.
• Interact effectively across the organisation, completing complex professional level tasks for others in order to ensure projects/programs can be delivered to meet client and customer expectations.
• Advise colleagues on issues relating to own projects, providing subject matter advice in order to support delivery and ensure there is alignment between policy and operational practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and third party contractors, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations.
  
  

Knowledge & Experience:

• Relevant business experience including management of large and complex projects and/or programmes
• ‘Practitioner’ level expertise in one or more service lines
• Advanced communication skills, including the ability to liaise with peers and senior colleagues and build and maintain relationships / Advanced interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact and maintain relationships with high-level stakeholders.
• Building the ability to negotiate and manage relationships with external stakeholders
• Commercial acumen and organisational understanding
• A logical approach and ability to think through complex issues to co-ordinate multi-faceted aspects of projects / Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities to navigate through project and team challenges.
• Extensive knowledge of project and program management methodologies and a general understanding of the wider business
• Proficiency in project and program management tools and platforms (Smartsheet, PowerBI, Autodesk Construction Cloud, etc.).
  
  

Key Qualificaiton:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Construction Management, etc.), master’s degree an advantage
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in project and program management, preferably within multinational companies or in US, UK, EU, AUS projects. With at least 7 years in managing and leading a team in delivering large and complex multi-disciplinary projects and or programs.
• Attainment of OR near attainment of relevant professional certification or chartered status (RICS, APM, PMP, PRINCE2, etc.)
• Familiarity of project and program management methodologies or frameworks (PMI, APM, Agile, etc.)
• Strong track record of overseeing complex projects and programs, and leading teams to deliver exceptional results.
  
  

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.